1、见过这样的汽车吗？不“喝”汽油，专“吃”咖啡渣。跟着下面的文章，一起体验一下这种新型环保汽车吧！If youve ever wondered what people could do with those annoying used coffee grounds，engineers in the UK have come up with an answer：use them as gas for your car!Engineer Martin Bacon and a group of volunteers from Teesdale Conservation in Durham，Englan
2、d，have been hard at work making those coffee grounds into something special：gas for a speedy coffeepowered car.The car ran entirely on coffee grounds and broke the world speed record for a car powered by organic waste.The coffee car，an adapted Rover SD1，averaged 66.5 mph，breaking the previous record
3、 of 47 mph achieved by a US.team which built a car fuelled by wood pellets.Engineer Martin Bacon，with his team，removed all the equipment from the old car and refitted it with an onboard wood gas generator system，which turns waste coffee grounds into energy to drive the engine.Mr.Bacon said the car c
4、ould run 100 miles on 10 kg of coffee grounds，collected from two local cafes.The car is not the first to be powered by coffee，though Mr.Bacon and his team based the design of the Rover on a white coffeepowered Volkswagen Scirocco built for the BBCs science show Bang Goes The Theory.That car was driv
5、en from London to Manchester in March 2010 and it now holds the Guinness World Record for the longest distance driven by a car powered by waste material.Host of Bang Goes The Theory explained that the cars demonstrate an alternative to powering engines using petrol.One day，when a strong cup of coffe
6、e wakes you up in the morning，you can use the coffee grounds to drive to work.阅读障碍词1grounds n渣滓2organic adj. 有机的3wood pellets 木质颗粒燃料4generator n. 发动机5demonstrate vt. 说明；证实诱思导读1What fuel is used to drive the engine of a car built by a US. team?By wood pellets.2How far can the car run with 20 kg of co
7、ffee grounds to power?200 miles.Section Reading() (Warmup & Lesson 1).匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思()1.massAn.争执；冲突()2.recreationBadj.磨损的()3.latterCadj.电子的()4.enterpriseDadv.不久；很快()5.shortlyEn.质量；物质()6.downloadFn.消遣；娱乐()7.updateGn.后者()8.wornHn.事业；企业()9.conflictIvt.更新()10.electronicJvt.下载答案15EFGHD610JIBAC.选择下列句中词组的
8、汉语意思A以为基础B实施C继续生活D不在E闹着玩地F平静地；和平地()1.After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.()2.Thousands of people play sport for fun and exercise.()3.In theory, the buyer could ask the seller to have a test carried out.()4.The country is prosperous and the people live in peace.()5.The whol
9、e plan is based on merely his own supposition.()6.They are still having to live on very low incomes.答案16DEBFACHannah Jones looks into the future.I love talking about the futureand I am not the only one.Over the centuries， people have always wondered about the future. Some like to read fantasy storie
10、s and imagine what the world will be like in 10，50 or even 1，000 years time. Others write about the future themselves. In the 18th and 19th centuries, especially the latter, the most common theme in science fiction novels was the future. Some authors even predicted things that have since happened， f
11、or example, landing on the moon! But for some people, thinking about the future is not just for fun. They plan the future of the world for a living. These people are called futurologists(未来学家)This weekend, hundreds of futurologists are meeting at Newcastle University. The seminar (研讨会)starts on Frid
12、ay and the experts will be discussing the endless possibilities of the future. The future is now big business and many people will attend the seminar with dreams of starting new enterprises based on the predictions they will hear this weekend. I clicked(点击) into the website of a few futurologists an
13、d heres what theyre predicting：汉纳琼斯展望未来。我喜欢谈论未来而且我不是仅有的一个。很多世纪以来，人们一直对未来充满好奇。有些人喜欢阅读科幻故事，想象世界在10年、50年甚至1 000年后会变成什么样，还有一些人亲自动手写一些有关未来的东西。在18和19世纪，尤其是19世纪，在科幻小说中最常见的主题就是关于未来的。有些作者甚至遇见了现在已经发生的事情，如登陆月球！但对于有些人而言，思考有关未来的问题可不仅仅是为了娱乐。他们以设计世界的未来为生。这些人被称为未来学家。这个周末，数百个未来学家将在纽卡斯尔大学参加会议。会议于星期五开始，专家们将讨论未来不可计数的可能
14、性。未来现在已成为一个大的重点，许多人将会来参加这个会议，他们梦想着创办一些新的企业，而这些企业都是以他们即将在这个周末听到的预测为基础。我登陆了一些未来学家的网址，这儿是他们的预言：助读讲解over the centuries作状语，主句用现在完成时。what the world will be like.作imagine的宾语。that引导定语从句修饰先行词things。thinking about the future是动名词作主语。based on.是过去分词短语作定语修饰enterprises。In the next few years, computers will become
15、handier(方便使用的)Shortly all of us are going to use our voices to give instructions to computers. We will be able to download any file or update our computers just by saying a few words.By the year 2015, the clothing industry will have produced new types of material that will remain stainless(无污迹的)no m
16、atter what you spill on them. Red wine stains will no longer ruin clothes. Garments (衣服)will also be so strong that they will never get old and worn.By the year 2025, no one will die of starvation(饥饿) because there will be food for everyone. No one will have to live on welfare as everyone will have
17、jobs and discrimination will be part of the past. There will therefore no longer be any conflict and people will be able to live together in peace and equality.By the year 2030, development in biochemistry and medical science will have made it theoretically possible for us to live for at least 150 y
18、ears.Tiny, insectlike robots may be sent around the cells of our bodies to assess(评估) our health and carry out repairs to keep us healthy.By the middle of the century, computers that are millions of times smarter than us will have been developed. We will be linking our brains to these computers and
19、a huge database(数据库)A new type of electronic human might have developed!By the end of the century, we will have discovered other places in our solar system suitable for living and we will have discovered ways to go further into space.Ill be there in Newcastle this weekend. At nine oclock on Saturday
20、 morning, Ill be sitting in the front row and listening to the great Professor Willard talking about the future of my brain. If you cant beat the future, join itits the dawn (开端)of a new world.在未来几年里，计算机将会变得更加便利。不久以后我们每个人都能通过声音对计算机发号施令。我们将能通过说出几个简单的词语来下载文件或更新我们的电脑程序。到2015年，服装业将会制造出新型的材料，不管你将什么东西洒在上面
21、，都不会留下污点。红酒的痕迹不会再毁掉你的衣服了。衣服将会牢固结实，永远不会变旧或磨坏。到2025年，没有人会死于饥饿，因为每个人将会有食物。每个人都有工作，没有人再靠社会保障来生活，歧视也已成为过去，因此世界上不会再有任何冲突，人们将会共同生活在和平与平等的环境中。到2030年，生物化学和医学的发展将能够在理论上使人类生命延长到至少150岁。把微小的、如昆虫般大小的机器人放置于人体的细胞周围，评估我们的健康状况并对患处进行修复，保持我们的健康。到本世纪中叶，比人类还要聪明数百万倍的计算机将会问世。我们将把自己的大脑与这些计算机和一个庞大的数据库相连接。一种新型的电子人将会出现。到本世纪末，我
22、们将会在太阳系中发现其他适于人类居住的星球，并将发现进行更远空间探索的方法。这个周末我将在纽卡斯尔。星期六上午九点钟，我将坐在前排，聆听伟大的威拉德教授谈论人脑未来的发展。如果你不能抗拒未来，就来加入吧这是一个全新世界的开始。助读讲解by后面跟将来时间，句子用将来完成时。make it possible for sb. to do sth.是固定句式，it是形式宾语，动词不定式是真正的宾语。keep us healthy是“keep宾语宾补”结构。suitable for living作定语修饰solar system。第一步速读了解文章主题和段落大意速读P20教材课文，匹配段落大意1Para
23、.1ASome predictions about the future.2Para.2BWhat is a futurologist?3Paras.38CThe writers plan of the meeting.4Para.9DThe introduction of the meeting.答案14BDAC第二步细读把控文章关键信息细读P20教材课文，选择最佳答案1Which people of the following can be called futurologists?APeople who like to read fantasy stories.BPeople who w
24、rite about the future themselves.CPeople who plan the future for a living.DPeople who think about the future just for fun.2What was the most common theme in science fiction novels in the 19th century?AAdventure.BFuture.CLove.DHistory.3The futurologists will hold a seminar，aiming to Ado a research ab
25、out futureBsolve some problems about energy and natural sourcesCstudy the chances of people setting on other planetsDdiscuss the endless possibilities of the future4Why will many people want to attend the seminar?ABecause they are curious about the future.BBecause they want to make friends with futu
26、rologists.CBecause they dream of starting new enterprises based on the predictions made by futurologists.DBecause they can make a fortune at the seminar.5What is the prediction by the middle of the century?AA new type of electronic human might have developed.BNo one will die of starvation.CGarments
27、will be so strong that they will never get old and worn.DTiny，insectlike robots may be sent around the cells of our bodies.答案15CBDCA第三步研读能力升华接轨高考根据P20教材课文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式Nowadays, masses of people wonder about the future.Some imagine 1.what the world will be like in the future.Some authors
28、even predicted things that have since happened.However, for some people, 2.thinking(think) about the future is not just for fun. They plan the future of the world for a living, 3.who are called futurologists. A seminar will be held at Newcastle this weekend. Lots of people will attend it with 4.the
29、hope of starting new enterprises 5.based (base) on the predictions they will hear at the meeting. I clicked into the websites of a few futurologists and learnt some 6.predictions (predict). Here are some：By the year 2025, no one will die of 7. starvation(starve) because there will be food for everyone.By the year 2030, people can live for at least 150 years.Tiny robots may 8.be sent (send) around the cells of our bodies to assess our health and carry out repairs to keep us 9.healthy (health)In the next few years，computers will become 10.handier (handy)
